TB Joshua begins prayer for COVID-19 patients in isolation centres

The gesture was in fulfilment of a pledge the cleric made on July 8, 2020.

A video posted to Emmanuel TV's YouTube Channel showed the prominent cleric praying for bedridden patients hooked up to oxygen tanks and surrounded by hospital staff heavily laden with protective gear.

"Where can we go from God's presence? Distance is not a barrier because He is Spirit,ÔÇØ Joshua declared in front of several huge screens relaying in real-time the footage from the several wards within the Honduran Isolation Centre.

"By the power of the Holy Spirit - that affliction, that COVID-19 - be flushed out,ÔÇØ he said, stretching his hands towards the dozens of patients on the multiple screens at the Emmanuel TV Studios in Lagos, during a programme tagged 'Interactive Prayer Session'.

During the prayer - which was translated simultaneously into Spanish - several patients began to involuntarily 'vomit' whilst others rose to their feet from their hospital beds, waved their hands joyously and removed the oxygen apparatus fixed to their nose as a sign of "supernatural healingÔÇØ.

"Jesus that has freed you will help you to maintain your miracle. Make the Word of God the standard for your life,ÔÇØ Joshua counselled after declaring dozens of COVID-19 patients "freeÔÇØ

"I sensed the healing and delivering power of God,ÔÇØ explained Aracely, one of the Honduran patients, after the prayer. "I felt my lungs fill up with air... I'm no longer using the oxygen mask,ÔÇØ she testified.

"I couldn't go to the toilet before but immediately after the prayer, I felt like rushing to the toilet,ÔÇØ another patient immediately acknowledged. "I passed out a lot of foul substance - that was the power of the prayer.ÔÇØ

"I saw a white light that illuminated me and asked me to remove my oxygen mask,ÔÇØ another lady stated. "I'm not choking any longer,ÔÇØ she excitedly stated, with others testifying their sense of smell and taste was restored and their strength revitalized following the prayer.

Afterwards, representatives of the medical staff at the hospital thanked Joshua for his prayers and support.

The video concluded by stressing that it was not intended to "discourage anyone from seeking medical treatmentÔÇØ as "good Christians are good citizensÔÇØ.

"If you don't believe in God with medicine, you cannot believe in God without medicine,ÔÇØ Joshua said.

Last month, the World Health Organisation reacted to a video in which a Cameroonian medical doctor was 'healed' of COVID-19 after receiving "interactive prayerÔÇØ from Joshua's ministry, acknowledging "spiritual leadership is very important in a time like thisÔÇØ.

Since starting its 'Interactive Prayer Sessions' - in which online prayer is offered via video calls - Joshua's ministry has prayed for COVID-19 patients from around the world, prompting the cleric to recently declare his readiness to freely pray for those in Isolation Centers.

Joshua, who had been absent for seven weeks from Emmanuel TV's broadcasts, earlier shared a sermon titled 'Mistakes Are Correctable'

"We wake up in the morning determined to get it right. Before we know it, we have missed the mark,ÔÇØ Joshua began, stressing that "making a mistakeÔÇØ was not the issue but "how we handle it matters.

"For instance, the issue of COVID-19 is a mistake. However, how we are handling it has led us to where we are today,ÔÇØ he continued, citing the uncertainties and "twists and turns of lifeÔÇØ.

"If you make a mistake, as we all do sometimes, don't run from God; run to Him,ÔÇØ Joshua taught, adding that mistakes actually "make Christian life more interesting and more valuableÔÇØ and serve as a means to "draw us closer to GodÔÇØ.

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